Patents by Inventor Stephen James POINTON

Stephen James POINTON has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12337568
    Abstract: A method for customizing a blank of sheet material delimited by first and second opposite sides and third and fourth opposite sides orthogonal to the first and second sides involves doing, on a face of the blank, a first couple of first and second wave-shaped crease lines and a second couple of third and fourth wave-shaped crease lines, each wave-shaped crease line being crossed by straight crease tracts, so that the third side, the first, second, third and fourth wave-shaped crease lines and fourth side delimit in succession a first top panel, a first side panel, a bottom panel, a second side panel and a second top panel, doing first and second continuous straight crease lines parallel to each other and to the straight crease tracts and delimiting respective back and front wings of each of the first top panel, first side panel, bottom panel, second side panel and second top panel. Glue is transversally applied to the straight crease lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: DS SMITH PLC
    Inventors: Russell Turner, Stephen James Pointon
  • Publication number: 20250100743
    Abstract: A cassette obtainable from a blank having a chassis and first and second compression members is provided. The chassis has a series of four first parallel folding lines, a second and a third folding lines individuating a series of a closure flap, a cover panel, a front panel, a bottom panel and a rear panel. The second and third folding lines respectively individuate a left flap of each panel and a right flap of each panel, each of the left and right flaps being separated from adjacent left and right flaps by cuts. A first compression member has a center panel fixed to an internal face of the chassis on the rear panel. A second compression member is fixed to the internal face of the chassis on the cover panel. The cover panel has detachment lines delimiting first and second foldable buffers. The front panel has detachment lines delimiting a winglet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Russell TURNER, Stephen James POINTON
  • Publication number: 20230391037
    Abstract: A method for customizing a blank of sheet material delimited by first and second opposite sides and third and fourth opposite sides orthogonal to the first and second sides involves doing, on a face of the blank, a first couple of first and second wave-shaped crease lines and a second couple of third and fourth wave-shaped crease lines, each wave-shaped crease line being crossed by straight crease tracts, so that the third side, the first, second, third and fourth wave-shaped crease lines and fourth side delimit in succession a first top panel, a first side panel, a bottom panel, a second side panel and a second top panel, doing first and second continuous straight crease lines parallel to each other and to the straight crease tracts and delimiting respective back and front wings of each of the first top panel, first side panel, bottom panel, second side panel and second top panel. Glue is transversally applied to the straight crease lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Russell TURNER, Stephen James POINTON